‘THE ROAD TO A MINE-FREE WORLD IS LONG, BUT AN END IS IN SIGHT,’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON 10^th ANNIVERSARY OF MINE-BAN CONVENTION

universal declaration should be integral part of everyone’s life,

 

Secretary-General says in message to mark human rights day

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ROBERT H. SERRY OF NETHERLANDS UNITED NATIONS

SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

 

Secretary-General, in message to inaugural asia-pacific water summit, warns

that scarcity threatens socio-economic gains, could fuel conflicts

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the first Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Beppu, Japan, today, 3 December:

COOPERATION IS ESSENTIAL IN DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL

COURT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNION BORDER DEMARCATION EFFORTS,

IN MESSAGE TO SEMINAR ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REGIONAL PROGRAMME

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCE, CALLS FOR RENEWED

LEADERSHIP IN ERADICATING STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH HIV

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the observance of World AIDS Day, in New York on 30 November:

AT THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COLOMBIA, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES COMMENDABLE

PROGRESS TOWARDS RE-ESTABLISHING COUNTRYWIDE PEACE AND SECURITY

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS POVERTY,

 

SOCIAL EXCLUSION, DISCRIMINATION ALLOW CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY TO FESTER

 

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES PLEDGE

 

BY ALL TO ENSURE DISABLED PERSONS’ FULL PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE